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ROSTER 

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EIGHTH KANSAS 
INFANTRY. 



SEPTEMBER 1, 1888. 



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EIGHTH KANSAS 

IFFAKTRT. 



3d Brigade, 1st Divisiox, 20th Army Corps. 
1st Brigade, 3d Division, 4th Army Corps. 

^ SEPTEMBER 1, 1888. 



TOPEKA, KANSAS: 

THE GEO. W. CEANE PUBLISHINO CO., PEINTEKS AND BINDERS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Comrades: At the fourth annual reunion of this So- 
ciety, held at St. Louis, Missouri, September 28, 1887, it 
was ordered that the Secretary prepare, and have pub- 
lished, a roster of the survivors of the Eighth Kansas 
Infantry, with post-oflSce addresses, as far as known, 
and that Colonel John A. Martin be requested to write 
an address for publication as a part of the work. Upon 
presenting the matter to him, he expressed a willing- 
ness to do so, but suggested that the address delivered 
by him at Leavenworth, at the reunion of 18S4, was not 
only a brief history of the services of the regiment, but 
a much more complete address than he could now pre- 
pare, owing to the great amount of official business he 
has to look after. There are doubtless many addresses 
given here that are incorrect, but they are the latest 
furnished the Secretary; therefore no other explana- 
tion is necessary. To you, comrades, who survived the 
hardships of war, and still march along the rugged path 
of life, and to the widows and orphans of those com- 
rades who went to the war, but never returned, and to 
the widows and orphans of those who^have since died, 
this little book is dedicated in Fraternity, Charity and 
Loyalty. 

S. M. LANHAM, 

ToPEKA, Sept. 1, 1888. Secretary. 



EIGHTH KA:NrSAS 

VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REUNION. 



Ft. Leavenworth. ") 
October 10th, 11th and 12th, 1883./ 

Surviving members of the Eighth Kansas Veteran 
Volunteer Infantry, to the number of about one hun- 
dred, assembled at Camp Pope, on the Fort Leavenworth 
reservation, on the 10th, 11th and 12th of October, 1883. 
The headquarters of the "Society of the Eighth Kan- 
sas" were established in a tent opposite the general 
headquarter^ for the soldiers' reunion, designated by a 
banner bearing the following inscription: 

HEADQUARTERS 

Eighth KIansas Vol. Infantry. 

Sd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, 

1st Brigade, Sd Division, Uth Army Corps, 

Army of the Cumberland. 

Beneath this was painted the badge of the Third Di- 
vision, Fourth Army Corps — to which the regiment was 
longest attached — a blue triangle, bearing the names of 
the most prominent engagements in which the Eighth 
took part, viz. : 

Perryville. Chattanooga. 

Peach Tree Creek. Lancaster. 

Orchard Knob. Chattahoochie. 

Brentville Pike. Mission Ridge. 

Atlanta. TuUahoma. 

Knoxville Campaign. Lovejoy Station. 

Caperton's Ferry. Dandridge. 

Nashville. Chicamauga. 

Kennesaw Mountain. 



On the afternoon of October 10th, the roll was called 
by companies, and the day was spent in social greetings, 
in revisiting Fort Leavenworth, and in reviving recol- 
lections of the campaigns in which the command took 
part. Badges, inscribed with the name and number of 
the regiment, the division and corps to which it was at- . 
tached, the corps badge, and the names of the principal 
battles in which the Eighth participated, were furnished 
each member present. 

On Thursday, October 11th, the surviving members of 
the Eighth joined in the parade, as a body. On return- 
ing to camp, they assembled in the " big tent," and were 
called to order by Colonel Martin, President of the So- 
ciety of the Eighth Kansas. 

The Society elected the following officers for the en- 
suing year, viz. : 

President— ilo\oxi€i John A. Martin. 

Rce President— Lieutenant Colonel John Conover. 

^Secretary — Sergeant Charles W. Eust. 

Treasurer — Lieutenant David Baker. 

Brief talks were made by Lieutenant Colonel Con- 
over; Captains Marion Brooks, Company I, and Samuel 
R. Stanley, Company H; E. A. Friedrich, Company F; 
Sergeant Charles W. Eust, Company C; Lieutenant Da- 
vid Baker, Company G; George W. Cody, Company H; 
J. S. Tucker, Company C; Sergeant W. G. Davis, Com- 
pany I; Sergeant Major Wm. E. Richardson, W. W. 
Nye, Company H; J. G. Doane, Company A; John M. 
Holt, Company H; Gottfried Waltz, Company I; and 
others. ^ 

It was voted to hold the next reunion at the place and 
on the days fixed for the next general reunion of the 
soldiers of Kansas. 

Surviving members of the Eighth were requested to 
send to the Secretary, Charles W. Eust, Atchison, Kan- 
sas, the names and post-office address of all soldiers of 
the regiment, and also, to notify him of the death of 
any member, or of a change in his post-office address. 



The reunion was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. 
Those coming from th • most remote distances — and 
soldiers of the regiment were present from California, 
loM'a, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, and all parts of Kan- 
sas — felt amply repaid, in the enjoyment of the occa- 
sion, for the time and expense of the journey. 

At the conclusion of the exercises in the "big tent," 
the President, Colonel John A. Martin, delivered the 
following address, which was ordered printed in pam- 
phlet form, together with the proceedings of the reunion 
and the names of those in attendance: 

ADDRESS OF COLONEL MARTIN. 

There is always a charm in revisiting once familial 
places after a long absence, and to a Kansas soldier this 
reservation will ever possess a fascinating interest. 
Here nearly all the troops young Kansas sent to war 
were organized or equipped. And to those who were 
mustered here; who slept for the first time under can- 
vas in the old blue-grass pasture, and there ate for the 
first time a soldier's fare. Fort Leavenworth will always 
be holy ground. 

I have paid many visits to this post since the far- 
away days of 'fil, but never have the scenes and inci- 
dents of that period been so vividly recalled as daring 
the present occasion. The white tents, the trampled 
grass, the groups of men — half uniformed, half in citi- 
zen's dress — the straggling stacks of arms, the march- 
ing columns, the orderlies coming and going, the notes 
of the bugles and the music of fife and drum, these 
scenes and sounds seem to belong to the turbulent past 
rather than to the peaceful and prosperous present. 

The alien and unfamiliar feature is this great tent, 
and the speech making within its canvas walls. The 
days of '61 were not distinguished for talk. They were 
days of action. The speech-maker did his work then, 
as now, but not here on this reserve. I fancy that if 



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"Old Prince," that terror of the Kansas recruits, had 
caught a man making a speech on the reservation, he 
would have organized a drum-head court martial at 
once, for his prompt trial and execution. 

The place and the surroundings, as I have said, are 
familiar ; and yet how vast the changes that have been 
wrought since the mustering here, twenty-two years 
ago. It is doubtful if the adult male population of 
Kansas at that time greatly exceeded the numbers 
present at this reunion. The poor, harassed and feeble 
Territory has grown to be one of the greatest States in 
the Union, rich in all the elements of substantial pros- 
perity ; richer still in the imperial manhood of a citi- 
zenship which includes repi'esentatives of every 
regiment in the Union army. Plodding along in all 
the walks and ways of our now peaceful and quiet Kan- 
sas life are men who have fought on every battle field of 
the civil war ; men who were active participants in all 
the events of the greatest and most stirring drama of 
the world's history; men whose personal recollections 
embrace the story of every march, camp, bivouac, skir- 
mish and battle in which the armies of the Union en- 
gaged ; men whose blood has been jDoured out in every 
combat where patriotism maintained the supremacy of 
our flag. 

Is it any wonder that Kansas has, in the nearly two 
decades that have elapsed since the war closed, grown to 
be one of the greatest, most intelligent and most pros- 
peroiis of the States? Of what achievements, in the en- 
terprises of civil life requiring courage, energy and 
resourceful vigor, is such blood and bone and heart and 
brain as make up her population not capable? From 
the most sterile and reluctant soil, a manhood of this 
order would wrest plenty. Is it wonderful that, when 
earth and air combine to aid its labors, this population 
should have made Kansas one of the greatest and most 
prosperous States in the Union ? 



I need not say how glad and proud I am, my dear old 
comrades, to meet and greet you one and all once more. 
It seems but a brief time since the Eighth Kansas Vol- 
unteer Infantry pitched its tents in the blue grass of 
this reserve and was mustered into the service of the 
United States, "for three years, or during the war." 
But the whitening locks of many of its survivors, gath- 
ered here to-day, tell the story of time's flight. The 
youngest soldiers in its ranks have reached middle age; 
the oldest are now old men, nearing the sunset of their 
lives. The hardships and privations of march and 
camp, and the casualties of battle, decimated its ranks 
again and again during its long term of service; very 
many have since died, their lives shortened by wounds 
or by the wasting effects of the campaigns in which 
they participated; and the survivors, scattered all over 
the country, probably do not number one-third of the 
1,081 men who have answered "here" at its roll calls. 

It is no vain-glorious or empty boasting to declare, as 
I do, that to have served in the Eighth Kansas is a fact 
of which any man has a just right to be proud. No 
regiment in the army of the Union during the civil war 
can cite participation in campaigns of greater magni- 
tude, events of more romantic and exciting ii:terest, or 
marches over a vaster scope of country. Nor did any 
regiment more conspicuously illustrate, in camp or field, 
a loftier devotion to duty, a more unselfish patriotism 
or a more constant courage. 

The Eighth Kansas served in four of the great armies 
of the Union. Its service began in what was afterwards 
known as the "Army of the Frontier;" thence, early 
in 1862, it was transferred to the "Army of the Missis- 
sippi;" in the summer of the same year it joined the 
"Army of the Ohio," and in November became a part of 
the "Army of the Cumberland." With this military 
division it served until its final muster out, in January, 
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Its organization was commenced in August, 1861, and 
its first company was mustered in on the ■28th of that 
month. By the 12th of October eight companies had 
been recruited and mustered; in December the ninth 
was added, and early in January the regiment had its 
full complement. 

In February, however, a reorganization of Kansas reg- 
iments was made. Companies D and H, of the Eighth, 
which were cavalry, were transferred to the Ninth Kan- 
sas; companies F and K were consolidated, and three 
companies of Colonel Graham's battalion were trans- 
ferred to the Eighth, making it a lull regiment of in- 
fantry. 

From the date of its organization, in September, 1861, 
until May, 1862, four companies of the regiment did 
duty along the Missouri border, iu southern Kansas; 
others formed part of the post garrisons at Forts Leav- 
enworth, Eiley, Kearney and Laramie. Early in May, 
five companies were ordered to Corinth, Mississippi, 
and proceeding to Columbus, Kentucky, by steamer, 
they marched thence along the line of the Mobile it 
Ohio Railroad to Corinth. After a service of two months 
in that army, the division to which the Eighth was at- 
tached was ordered to reinforce General Buell. By 
rapid marches through Eastport and Florence, Alabama, 
it joined the "Army of the Ohio" at Murfreesboro, T n- 
nessie, and took part in the extraordinary campaign 
which ended at Louisville, Kentucky. Thence it moved 
southward again, with the command to which it was at- 
tached, through Perryville and Lancaster to Crab 
Orchard, and thence to Nashville. There it remained 
nearly six months, doing provost duty, and there, in 
February and March, 1863, the five companies left in 
Kansas joined headquarters, and for the first time iu its 
history the regiment was united. 

Early in June, 1863, the Eighth rejoined its division at 
Murfreesboro, It participated, during that summer, in 
the campaign against TulLihoma, and, late in August, 



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forming the advance guard of the 20th Corps, crossed 
the Tennessee river at Capertou's Ferry, in pontoon 
boats. It took an active part in all the movements of 
the campaign whicli followed, ending with the battle of 
Chicamauga and the siege of Chattanooga. On the 2od 
of November, covering the front of its brigade as skir- 
mishers, the Eighth captured Orchard Knob, the head- 
quarters of Generals Grant and Tliomas during the 
battles of the succeeding two days. On the 25th it par- 
ticipated in the storming of Mission Ridge, and its tiag 
was one of the tirst, if not the first, planted on the 
summit. 

Two days later the Eighth marched with its corps to 
the relief of Burnside, at Knoxville; took part in all 
the movements of that dreadful winter campaign, and 
formed a portion of the rear guard on the retreat from 
Dandridge. 

Early in January, 1SG4, at Strawberry Plains, East 
Tennessee, four-tifths of all the members of the Eighth 
then present reenlisted as veterans. Returning home 
in February, the regiment received a furlough for thirty 
days. Reassembling at this post, early in April, it re- 
turned to the South, and took part in the campaign 
against Atlanta. Thence, wiili its corps, it moved back 
to Nashville, and participated in the battle which ground 
the rebel army of the West to atoms. 

During the first six months of the year 1865, the 
lughth was stationed at various points in Alabama and 
Tennessee, but late in July it was ordered to Texas, 
where it remained until the 20th of November, when it 
was mustered out and ordered home for final discharge. 
It reached Fort Leavenworth on the Gth of January, 
1866, and on the 9th was formally disbanded. 

Its career, it will thus be seen, commenced at a very 
early period of the civil war, and terminated long after 
the last hostile shot had been fired. From the date of 
its organization until its final muster out, there were 
1,081 names on its rolls. But its largest numerical 



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streugth at any one time was 877, in March, 1862. The 
largest aggregate force, " present for duty," was 056, at 
about the same date. 

The records of its service show that it traveled 10,750 
miles; participated in 15 battles and many skirmishes; 
and lost in battle 3 commissioned officers and 67 enlisted 
men killed, 13 commissioned officers and 276 enlisted 
men wounded, and 1 commissioned officer and 20 en- 
listed men missing; or a total of 70 killed, 289 wounded 
and 21 missing ; and an aggregate of 380 killed, wounded 
and missing. Of the missing, nearly all were killed ; and 
of the wounded, about one-fifth died of their wounds. 
The regiment's loss by the casualties of battle, it will 
thus be seen, was nearly 60 per cent, of the greatest 
number it ever had present for duty. 

In addition to these losses, 3 commissioned officers and 
92 enlisted men died of disease, 192 were discharged for 
disabilities resulting from wounds or disease, and 53 
died of wounds. The total loss by death, including the 
70 killed in battle, was 218, and by discharge because of 
wounds and disease 192, making a total loss, by death or 
disability, of 410. 

The regiment brought back to the State, and depos- 
ited at Topeka, 3 flags. Under the first, carried until it 
returned home on veteran furlough, in February, 1864, 
it marched 3,681 miles, and lost 3 commissioned ofiJcers 
and 49 enlisted men killed, 10 commissioned officers and 
218 enlisted men wounded, and 20 enlisted men missing. 
Under the second, carried until after the battle of Nash- 
ville, it marched 2,660 miles, and lost 3 commissioned 
officers wounded and 1 captured, and 18 enlisted men 
killed and 58 wounded. Under the third it traveled 
4,409 miles, but sustained no loss iu battle. 

The largest loss the Eighth sustained in a single en- 
gagement was at Chicamaugua, where, out of a total of 
406 officers and men present, its killed, wounded and 
missing numbered 243, or 60 per cent, of all engaged. 



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A brief, dull sketch this is of the services of the 
Eighth Kansas, I know. But I am anxious to condense 
it into as brief a space as possible; and, dull as it is, it 
will revive in your memory a thousand thrilling recol- 
lections ; meager as it is, it will give any soldier, or any 
intelligent civilian who was an interested observer of 
the events of the war, a fairly comprehensive idea of 
thepart the regiment bore in that great struggle. This is 
all I have sought to do. It would require volumes to ttll 
the story in full. For this regiment not only saw all 
"the pomp and circumstance of war," but all its 
ghastly desolation, misery and despair as well. It 
sounded all the notes alike of war's ptean and of its 
dirge. The tramp of its swift and steady march echoed 
in the highways of twelve diiferent States; its bayonets 
flashed from Fort Laramie to the gulf, and from Kansas 
to North Carolina. At Nashville it did duty in white 
gloves; at Strawberry Plains it was shirtless, shoeless 
and in rags. It was feasted in Kansas, and starved in 
Chattanooga. It hunted guerrillas in Missouri, combat- 
ted Longstreet's veterans at Chicamauga, stormed the 
blazing heights of Mission Ridge, fought a continuous 
battle from Kennesaw Mountain to Atlanta, and broke 
the lines of Hood at Nashville. It built roads, bridged 
rivers, convoyed trains, destroyed railroads, operated 
mills, policed cities, gathered crops, and made history. 
And wherever it was, or whatsoever it was doing, the 
calm and patient endurance, the magnificent courage, 
the splendid discipline and the unfaltering patriotism of 
its soldiers could always be relied on. 

It is pleasant to remember, too, and I am sure there is 
no true soldier of the Eighth who will not proudly re- 
call the fact, that on many different occasions the drill, 
discipline and military appearance of the regiment were 
complimented in official orders, issued from corps and 
army headquarters. At Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in 
June, 1863, the following order was published: 



Inspector General's Office, 20th Army Corps, \ 
MuEFREESBORO, June 19th, 1863.. J 
I take pleasure in reporting to you the following ex- 
tract from the report of the Inspector of the First Di- 
vision, especially as the same regiments have attracted 
the notice of the Corps Inspector: 

Extract: "The drill, military appearance and dress of 
the Eighth Kansas is the best observed in the Division ; 
that of the Twenty-fifth Illinois next. 

[ Signed ] H. W. Hall, 

Captain and Inspector First Division." 
Very respectfully, 

Horace N. Fisher, 
Lieutenant Colonel and Inspector General. 

Headquarters 20th Army Corps, ) 
June 20, 1863. ( 

Eespectfully referred to Colonel Heg, commanding 
Third Brigade, First Division, who will have this cred- 
itable compliment conveyed to the above-named regi- 
ments. 
By command of Major General McCook. 

A. C. McClurg, Capt. and A. A. G. 

On the loth of July, 1863, the following order was is- 
sued: 

Headquarters "] 

Department of the Cumberland, ! 
Inspector General's Office, j 
TULLAHOMA, July 15, 1863. J 
Colonel — I have the honor to make the following 
extract from the semi-monthly inspection report of 
Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Fisher, Assistant Inspector 
General 20th Army Corps: 

Extract: "The Eighth Kansas, lately attached to this 
corps, is splendidly equipped and well cared for. Its 
long stay in Nashville has enabled it to attain a polish 
to a certain degree impracticable in the field, but its ex- 
ample is valuable to the corps." 

Very respectfully, A. S. Burt, Cnpt. and A. A. G. 
To Lieutenant Colonel Goddard, A. A. G. 

Headquarters 
Department of the Cumberland, 
Tullahoma, July 19, 1863. 
Respectfully referred to the commanding officer of the 
Eighth Kansas. 
By command of Major General Eosecrans. 

Wm. McMichael, Major and A. A. G. 



A few weeks later the following order was issued: 

Headquarters 20th Army Corps, 

Inspector Generai/s Office, 
Winchester, Tenx.. July 31, 18(53. 
Colonel— I have the honor to caH'y our attention to 
the following extract from the report of Captain H. W. 
Hall, A. I. G. First Division, on the camps of the Third 
Brigade: 

Kxlract: "The camps of the Eighth Kansas and Twen- 
ty-fifth Illinois are the best in the Division. These 
regiments vie with each other in excellence in every 
respect, and are models worthy of imitation for any 
troops with which it has been my fortune to associate." 
Very respectfully, 

Horace K Fisher, TAeut. Col. and A. I. G. 

Headquarters 20Tn Army Corps,) 
July 31, 1863. ] 

Respectfully referred to the commanding officer. 
Third Brigade, First Division. The general command- 
ing the corps is pleased to hear so favorable a report of 
the regiments of this Brigade. 
By command of Major General Sheridan. 

G. P. Thurston, A. A. G. and Chief of Staff. 

With these extracts I may fitly close this brief story 
of a regiment whose career was alike creditable to the 
State it represented and to the men who served in its 
ranks. I do not claim for the Eighth higher soldierly 
qualities than belonged to many other regiments. I 
simply assert that, having great opportunities to serve 
its country, it was always equal to them, and that 
wherever it was placed it did its whole duty. It was 
the only Kansas regiment that served in the great 
"Array of the Cumberland." Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Indi- 
ana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and many other States, had 
scores of splendid regiments in that grand army, but 
the Eighth alone represented the martial spirit of Kan- 
sas in its ranks. It would not be fair to say that the 
regiment was ever treated unjustly because of this fact- 
But it is true that, when it first joined the army, the 
Eighth was regarded with some suspicion and a great 
deal of curiosity. Whatsoever respect it won, whatso- 
ever reputation it made, whatsoever fame it afterwards 



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enjoyed in that great army as a well-disciplined, brave 
and patriotic body of soldiers, was squarely and fairly 
earned by honest deserving, for it had neither original 
good repute nor the kindly aid of other regiments bear- 
ing the name of the same State to promote its fortunes 
and its reputation. Alone, in a great army of 200,000, this 
little body of 700 men kept stainless the honor and 
added lustre to the fame of Kansas. In less than six 
months after it joined the Army of the Cumberland, no 
regiment was better or more favorably known, and un- 
til its final muster out it steadily held the respect and 
confidence of its commanding generals, and of the 
troops with which it was most intimately associated. 

In the noisy and distracting political feuds which 
were so numerous in Kansas at that day, the Eighth 
had no part or lot. It was so far away as to be beyond 
even their echo. No man who belonged to it ever 
made money out of the war. One and all, officers and 
men, they came out of the army as poor in purse as 
when they entered it. But they brought back and de- 
posited in the State House, at Topeka, three torn and 
tattered flags that all the wealth of this year's harvest 
could not buy. Kansas will preserve, among her price- 
less treasures, as long as her government shall endure, 
these ragged and faded flags — all that remain of the 
Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, except its few hun- 
dred scattered survivors and the history with which it 
glorified the name of the State. 



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THE EIGHTH KANSAS. 

[The following poem is not signed, but is supposed to 
be the production of Chaplain John Paulson.] 

Once more we meet — but not as when 
With youth and hope we mar.hed away ; 

A thousand men we mustered then — 
A feeble remnant here to-day. 

Our banner flashed, in waves of light, 
O'er serried columns, brare and strong. 

While thousands gathered to the sight, 
With cheers of parting, loud and long. 

The merry jest and laugh went round, 

Our toils and hardships to beguile, 
As with the soul of " Old John Brown," 

We tramped through many a weary mile. 

We tramped and fought, and fought and tramped, 

War's fierce tide surging to and fro. 
O'er mountain height and dismal swamp. 

Until the grand concluding blow. 

But now, by conflict torn and marred, 

Our flags hang on the silent wall. 
And we, gray haired and battle scarred, 

The struggles of the past recall. 

For suffering binds with links of steel 
The souls that death together braved, 

And hearts with tender memories fill; 

For those whose blood the nation saved — 

» 
Our comrades of those troul>led years 

Who sleep beneath the sik nt sod, 
Who yielding not to foes or fears. 
Were true to country and to God ; 
3— 



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"Wasting, as wastes the crumbling rock, 
Worn by exposure, want and toil, 

Falling in battle's deadly sbock, 
But dying with the conqueror's smile. 

For them the camp fire burns no more, 
Nor morning reveille shall wake; 

The bugle's blast nor cannon's roar 
Shall nevermore their slumbers break. 

Their dust is scattered far and wide. 
O'er battle fields their valor won, 

'Neath Alabama's mountain side 
And Georgia's fervid Southern sun. 

Kentucky's dark and bloody ground 
Has closed upon the manly breast; 

And Tennessee a place has found 
¥oT many a comrade's final rest. 

Down by the gulf stream's cypress gloom, 
Where mosses gray funereal wave ; 

Or where magnolias blend perfume 
With orange blooms above their graves. 

Our Western households mourn the loss 
Of lovers, sons and brothers slain ; 

Yet joy relieves the bitter cross — 
They died, but perished not in vain. 

The Union banner floats supreme 
O'er every spot their feet have pressed, 

And glory crowns the patriot's dream — 
A land united and at rest. 

Thus Kansas gave, in faith sublime, 
The life bloom of her children free, 

While from it springs, through after time, 
The flower and fruit of liberty. 



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But while we drop a silent tear 
In memory of our comrades gone, 

A grateful country greets us here, 
And hails our work as nobly done. 

Then let the tale from age to age 
Be told with varied speech and style — 

In poet's song, on history's page, 
And art's proud monumental pile. 

The parting comes — the conqueror. Death, 
Lays prostrate both the brave and strong, 

But while the Union stands, the Eighth 
Shall live in story and in song. 

Fort Scott, Kas., October, 1883. 



SOCIETY OF THE 

EIGHTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 



OFFICEES. 

Presideiii— Colonel John A. Martin. 
Vice President — Iji. Col. John Conover, 
Secretary — Qov^il. S. M. Lanham. 
Treasurer — JAeni. David Baker. 

FIELD STAFF AND NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 

Henry W. Wessells, Colonel, Litchfield, Conn. 

John A. Martin, Colonel, Atchison, Kas. 

J. L. Abernathy, Lieut. Col., Leavenworth, Kas, 

John Conover, Lieut. Col., Kansas City, Mo. 

J. M. Graham, Major, Kansas City, Mo. 

H. C. Austin, Major, Lockport, Ind. 

S. C. EussELL, Adjutant, Lawrence, Kas. 

Sol. R. Washer, Adjutant, Atchison, Kas. 

0. B. Chamberlain, Surgeon, Grassey Cove, Tenn. 

Nathaniel C. Clark, Surgeon, Orange Springs, Fla. 

John Paulson, Chaplain, Fort Scott, Kas. 

William S. Cain, Sergeant Major, Atchison, Kas. 

Wm. Richardson, Sergeant Major, Waushara, Kas. 

David P. Trimble, Sergeant Major, Port Townsend, 

Wash. Ter. 

Thomas Lane, Quartermaster Sergeant, Atchison, Kas. 

Henry M. Hurd, Commissary Sergeant, Syracuse, Neb. 

George E. Wright, Hospital Steward, Atchison, Kas. 

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Write on this page all corrections, additions and 
remarks. 



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COMPANY A. 
Samuel Leighton, Captain, Silver Cliff, Colo. 
Eli Balderson, First Lieutenant, Bountiful, Utah. 
Joseph Jaggers, Sergeant, Minneapolis, Kas. 
Pat. Looney, Sergeant, Leavenworth, Kas. 
C. F. Walker, Sergeant, New LaMoin. l*Iinn. 
J. G. Doane, Corporal, Leavenworth, F as. 
G. W. Coffin, Corporal, Murray, Iowa. 
George Render, Corporal, Harrisonville, Mo. 
John A. VanWie, Corporal, National Home, Mich. 

Austin, C. A., Private, Barton Landng, Vt. 

Beven, George T., Private, Leavens .jrth, Kas. 

Bradley, James, Private, Topeka, I.as. 

Copeland, T. J., Private, Garland, Ark. 

Dell, John A., Private, Carthage, Mo. 

Goodwin, Chris., Private, Chicago, 111. 

Harrington, C. W., Private, Leavenv orth, Kas. 

Henry, J. P., Private, Leavenworth, Kas. 

Howard, Martin, Private, Reno, K is. 

McMichael, Mathew, Private, Nevada, Mo. 

O'Mera, John P., Private, Winchester, Kas. 

Owens, Uriah H., Private, Brooktield, Mo. 

Powell, J. L., Private, Minneapolis, Colo. 

Rains, William, Private, Galena, Kas. 

Watson, C. J., Private, Medina, N. Y. 

Young, John F., Private, Melvern, tas. 

Y'oung, George, Private. Soldiers' Home, Kas. 

Y^ocum, G.W., Private, Pomona, Kufj. 



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Charles Alton, First Lieutenant, Topcka, Kas. 

Frank Augustin, Sergeant, Denver, Colo. 

John Binger, Sergeant. 

Henry Henger, Sergeant, St. Marys, Kas. 

Wm. Melchert, Sergeant, Parsons, Kas. 

Bernhardt Aring, Corporal, Muscotab, Kas. 

Charles Longgood, Corporal, Leavenworth, Kas. 

G. V. Hess, Musician, Elk Falls, Kas. 

George W. Held, Musician, [Died August 30, 1888,] 

Atchison, Kas. 
Benedict Kolmus, Musician, Leavenworth, Kas, 
RiCH.W. Leo, Musician, Chetopa, Kas. 

Brauer, C. F., Private, Champaign, 111. 

Chrischeck, John, Private, Cedarvale, Kas. 

Corlier, Joseph, Private, Oak Mills, Kas. 

Conrad, John, Private, Montrose, Ki.s. 

Ganski, John, Private, Ouaga, Kas. 

Golsch, Aug., Private, Leavenworth, Kas. 

Heiss, Henry, Private, Hays City, Kas. 

Heyer, Frank, Private, Olathe, Kas. 

Hegele, Pat., Private, Denver, Colo. 

Krant, Fred., Private, Leavenworth, Kas. 

Kneip, Hubert, Private, Leavenworth, Kas. 

Mock, Philip, Private, Weston, Mo, 

Miller, George, Private, St. Louis, Mo, 

Marx, Chris., Private, Millstadt, 111. 

Prager, Herman G., Private, Herman, Mo. 

Reppert, Ed., Private, Leavenworth, Kan. 

Seebold, Chas., Private, Manhattan, Kas, 

Thiebolt, C, Private, Lincoln-, Neb. 

Thiebolt. Felix, Private, Valley Falls, Kas. 

Wettest ein, Peter, Private, Leavenworth, Kas. 

Weltke, Eugene, Private, North Topeka, Kas. 

Zapp, Edward, Private, Leavenworth, Kas. 



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George H. Kobe, Captain, Severance, Kas. 

JoHX G. Becktold, First Lieutenant, Everest, Kas. 

Daxiel Foltz, Sergennt, Burlingame, Kas. 

Wm. K. Gkeexwalt, Sergeant, Atcliison, Kas. 

James Kelly, Sergeant, Julian, Cal. 

P. H. McNamara, Sergeant, Atchison, Kas. 

Charles W. Rust, Sergeant, Napa, Cal. 

JuD. P. Akey, Corporal, Cummingsville, Kas. 

Albert Carey, Corporal, Voca, Texas. 

Henry Luth, Corporal, Atchison, Kas. 

Black, W. C, Private, Baxter Springs, Kas,. 
Brandner, Gustavus, Private, Atchison, Kas. 
Blenker, Barney, Private, (Home,) Leavenworth 

Kas. 
Dressie, Nate W., Private, Wintield, Kas. 
Fury, John, Private, Topeka, Kas. 
Foley, John, Private, Atchison, Kas. 
Foley, Owen, Private, Atchison, Kas. 
Gieathouse. Leonard, Private, Atchison, Kas. 
Kentzler, Theodore, Private. Geary City, Kas, 
Kincaid, Luther, Private, Pleasant Eidge, Kas, 
Kuhn, Henry, Private, Anadarko, Indian Ter. 
Martens, John, Private, DePere, Iowa. 
Martin, Abraham, Private, Rock Creek, Kas. 
Miller, O. F,, Private, Crandon, Dak, 

McClellan, X. C, Private, , Cal. 

Price, Jacob M., Private, Meriden, Kas. 
Reese, Thomas, Private, Atchison, Kas, 
Ronbaugh, Geo. W,, Private, Oskaloosa, Kas, 
Shortridge, W, H., Private, Leavenworth, Kas. 
Stites, Wm,, Private, Nortonville, Kas, 
Schriner, Henry, Private, Hiawatha, Kas, 
Tucker, J. S,, Private, Effingham, Kas, 
Urban, Aug., Private, Leavenworth, Kas, 
Ullman, John, Private, San Francisco, Cal. 
Vogler, Chris., Private, Scandia, Kas. 
Wall, J. C, Private, Lafayette, Ind. 
Williamson, A. N., Private, Perry, Kas. 



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COMPANY D. 

S. B. Todd, Captain, Frankfort, Kas. 

Thomas Adamsox, First Lieutenant, Stockton, Kas. 

Asa Phillips, First Sergeant, Marysville, Kas. 

Peter Shayey, First Sergeant, Wetmore, Kas. 

Thomas Bestwick, Sergeant, Sabetha, Kas. 

Joshua P. Brown, Sergeant, Glen Elder, Kas. 

Aarox Adamsox, Corporal, Sigourney, Iowa. 

John A. Furxish, Corporal, Howard,' Kas. 

Ezra Hortox, Corporal, Sabetha, Kas. 

S. M. Laxham, Corporal, Topeka, Kas. 

John Oldfield, Corporal, New York, Iowa, 

J. Fin. Starnes, Corporal, Sabetha, Kas. 

Jas. L. Stroupe, Musician, Alton, Kas. 

JuDSOX W. Stickxey, Musician, Centralia, Kas. 

Archer, Jerome, Private, Sabetha, Kas. 

Anderson, M. Y., Private, White City, Kas, 

Barnes, James, Private, Wetmore, Kas. 

Burns, John T., Private, Holton, Kas. 

Burns, Josiah, Private, Whiting, Kas. 

Bestwick, Charles, Private, Sabetha, Kas. 

Brooks, Daniel, Private, Salem, Xeb. 

Bidler, John B., Private, Humboldt, Neb, 

Carter, Chalon, Private, Tiblow, Kas. 

Davis, Josiah, Private, Leonardville, Kas. 

Furnish, Wm. A., Private, Sabetha, Kas. 

Griffin, Eichard, Private, Hiawatha, Kas. 

Graham, John W., Private, Pittsburg, Penn. 

Hicks, Benj. F., Private, Osawkie, Kas. 

Haslett, C. B., Private, Frankfort, Kas. 

Horton, Horace S., Private, , Colo, 

Hymer, A. P., Private, Centralia, Kas, 

Johnson, G. W., Private, Seneca, Kas. 

Lane, Jonathan F., Private, Lansing, Kas, 

Leibig, Wm., Private, Wetmore, Kas. 

Mitchell, Joshua, Private, Seneca, Kas. 

McLaughlin, A. D., Private, Centralia, Kas. 

Marshall, M. Y., Private, Haddam, Kas. 

Maxfield, J. P., Private, Kingman, Kas. 

Middleton, Cyrus H., Private, Howard, Kas. 

Newton, John C, Private, Lostine, Ore. 

Oldfield, David, Private, Canton, Kas. 

Raridon, S. S., Private, Goode, Kas. 

Roberts, Josiah, Private, Alma, N. M. 

Root, Daniel E., Private, Chicago, 111, 

Starns, F. ]M., Private, Sabetha, Kas. 

Sweetland, Isaac, Private, Sabetha, Kas, 

Scott, J. W., Private, Morrill, Kas. 

Tat low. Job, Private, , Ore. 

Wallace, Joseph, Private, Frankfort, Kas. 

Walker, Isaac, Private, Frankfort, Kas. 

Wyatt, Walter C, Private, Mount Vernon, Kas. 



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COMPANY E. 
JoHX Greelish, Captain, Leavenworth, Kas. 
Milton Rose, First Lieutenant, North Topeka, Kas. 
E. D. Rose, First Lieutenant, Holton, Kas. 
John R. Hoener, Sergeant, Clements, Kas. 
Robert Rockford, Sergeant, Council Grove, Kas. 
Napoleon Siiarrai, Sergeant, North Topeka, Kas. 
L. A, Heil, Sergeant, San Antonio, Tex. 
Frany Blaise, Corporal, Sterling, Kas. 
L. V. Bryan, Corporal, Holton, Kas. 
J. P. Kendall, Corporal, Peabod^v, Kas. 
James Rawlinson, Corporal, Lyons, Kas. 
Hector Spurgeon, Corporal, Ellsworth, Kas. 

Barnes, G. W., Private, Eskridge, Kas. 

Bullette, E., Private, North Topeka, Kas. 

Gimm, Henry, Private, Wellington, Kas. 

Hill, Truman O., Private, Waushara, Kas. 

Huyett, George K., Private, tachland, Kas. 

Ingersoll, Theodore, Private, Rosevale, Kas. 

Johnson, Z., Private, Air, Kas. 

Milne, David W., Private, Alton, Kas. 

MeCleary, W. W., Private, Lenape, Kas. 

McDonald, 0. D., Blaine, Wash. Ter. 

Naegili, Henry, Manterville, Minn. 

Peppmyer, J. IL, Private, Dover, Kas. 

Reese, Amos, Private, Shannondale, INIo. 

Richards, Josiah, Private, Burlingame, Kas. 

Russell, Richard, Private, Meriden, Kas. 

Rambo, A., Private, North Topeka, Kas. 

Ramsey, John L., Private, Harrisouville, Mo. 

Speer, S. J., Private, Grand Haven, Kas. 

Spear, Daniel, Private, Cardington, Ohio. 

Stamp, Martin, Private, Florence, Kas. 

Striet, Ithiel, Private, Maxon, Kas. 

Smith, Andrew J., Privat- , Air, Kas. 

Weaver, F. M., Private, Waushara, Kas. 

Watkins, A. L., Private, Waushara, Kas. 



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COMPANY F. 
E. A. Beardsley, Captain, Pine Bluff, Ark. 
W. S. Ne^vberry, First Lieutenant, Portland, Ore. 
J. A. Neff, First Lieutenant, Fountain, Colo. 
J. Milton Hadley, Second Lieutenant, Olathe, Kas. 
John L. Broatn, Sergeant, lola, Kas. 
Harry Jones, Sergeant, El Dorado, Kas. 
Thomas Eutledge, Sergeant, lola, Kas. 
L. B. Welch, Sergeant, Fort Scott, Kas. 
JosiAH Weston, Sergeant, Leadville, Colo. 
Chris. Wagner, Sergeant, Monticello, Kas. 
Jacob Welch, Sergeant, Loudon Mills, 111. 
Edward Cain, Corporal, lola, Kas. 
Joshua Haxton, Corporal, Sabetba, Kas. 
T. J. Hadley, Corporal, Olathe, Kas. 
G. W. Mathews, Corporal, Morantown, Kas. 
Jacob Xohles, Musician, Leavenworth, Kas. 

Aekley, George, Private, lola, Kas. 

Brundage, F., Private, Joplin, Mo. 

Blivins, Levi, Private, Middletown, Kas. 

Carpenter, H. C, Private, Kansas City, Kas. 

Cozard, John, Private, Wilder, Kas. 

Day, James H., Private, Garnett, Kas. 

Dutton, H. W., Private, Iowa Point, Kas. 

Friedrich, R. A., Private, Topeka, Kas. 

Feighney, John, Private, Adrian, Kas. 

Jennings, Eber, Private, Colony, Kas. 

Jay, Wm. A., Private, Palause City, Wash. Ter. 

Kirk, Joseph, Private, Olathe, Kas. 

Kite, Abraham, Private, Mapleton, Kas. 

McDowell, B. D., Private, Meriden, Kas. 

McCleary, M., Private, Arbor Hill, Kas. 

Richards A., Private, Minneapolis, Kas. 

Robertson, S. N., Private, Urbana, Kas. 

Rogers, Joseph, Private, Meriden, Kas. 

Rudell, Chris., Private, Monticello, Kas. 

Rose, Squire, Private, Galesburg, Kas. 

Ryan, Sol., Private, Galena, Kas. 

Smith, Moses, Private, Galena, Kas. 

Smith, Joseph L., Private, Nortbfield, Ohio. 

Thorp, Jas. W., Private, Mound Valley, Kas. 

Welch, Isaac, Private, tola, Kas. 



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Nicholas Harrington, Captain, Palermo, Kas. 
Robert Flickenger, Captain, Kingman, Kas. 
David Baker, First Lieutenant, Atchison, Kas. 
Joseph Randolph, Second Lieutenant, Atchison, Kas. 
C. 0. Madoulet, First Sergeant, North Topeka, Kas. 
John E. Pickard, First Sergeant, Washington, Kas. 
Jos. Wadhams, First Sergeant, Ravanna, Mo. 
Andreas Anderson, Sergeant, Doniphan, Kas. 
Herman Christel, Sergeant, Palermo, Kas. 
James Pickard, Sergeant, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 
J. T. Smith, Sergeant, Eureka, Kas. 
Thomas Earleywine, Corporal, Mondamin, Iowa. . 
Chris. Swope, Corporal, Doniphan, Kas. 
James Trout, Corporal, Fort Scott, Kas. 

Anderson, Niles, Private, Doniphan, Kas. 

Ferguson, Thos., Private, Geary City, Kas. 

Hei'man, Chris., Private, North Lawrence, Kas. 

Kennison, C. C, Private, Parsons, Kas. 

Kennison, J. J., Private, , . 

Kirby, Wm. B., Private, Altoona. 111. 

Miller, Jacob, Private, Palermo, Kas. 

Michaels, Louis, Private, Hiawatha, Kas. 

Norris, Allen, Private, Miiscotah, Kas. 

Patterson, A. W., Private, Geary City, Kas. 

Reynolds, Wm. R., Private, Neo'sho Falls, Kas. 

Smith, Geo. M., Private, Offerle, Kas. 

Thompson, Thomas, Private, Galva, Kas. 

Weis, Fred., Private, Highland Station, Kas. 

Wright, Eli S., Private, Ionia, Kas. 



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Samuel E. Stanley, Captain, Stewart, Iowa. 
Frank Curtis, First Lieutenant, Pitkin, Col. 
Adam Cosner, First Sergeant, Clarksville, Neb. 
John Henderson, First Sergeant, Stella, Neb. 
Arthur D. Craig, Sergeant, Lincoln, Neb. 

Wm. C. Gillaspie, Sergeant, , . 

R. S. Pinkerton, Sergeant, Adair, Iowa. 
H. B. Strong, Sergeant, Elk Creek, Neb. 
J. W. Thomas, Sergeant, Philzen, Neb. 
W. C. Breckenridge, Corporal, Chetopa, Kas. 
James Burnside, Corporal, Milan, Kas. 
Geo. W. Cody, Corporal, Los Angeles, Cal. 
James M. Davis, Corporal, Rulo, Neb. 
H. D. Ellison, Corporal, Wathena, Kas. 
Lafayette Noe, Corporal, Edwardsville, Kas. 
J. A. RoDGERS, Corporal, Lawrence, Kas. 
George M. Smith, Corporal, OflFerle, Kas. 
James R. Snyder, Corporal, Gothic, Col. 
W. W. Nye, Musician, Hiawatha, Kas. 
H. H. Pierce, Musician, Salem, Neb. 

Boyer, Henry, Private, Falls City, Neb. 

Chronister, Elza, Private, Rolfe, Iowa. 

Collins, H. E., Private, Axtell, Kas. 

Healy, William, Private, Frankfort, Kas. 
■ Hart, Francis, Private, Halfway, Kas. 

Hawkins, Alfred, Private, Palmyra, Neb. 

Holt, John M., Private, Moline, III. 

Hurst, James H., Private, Almena, Kas. 

Hurst, John M., I?'rivate, Almena, Kas. 

Jones, Thomas E., Private, Republic City, Neb. 

Lucas, J. T., Private, Beaver Dam, Ky. 

McFarland, R. W., Private, New Windsor, 111. 

Stout, Walter K., Private, Salem, Neb. 

Toupain, Felix, Private, Grand Junction, Col. 

Warren, James II., Private, Adams Peak, Kas. 

Waugh, John, Private, Mankato, Kas. 

Wheeler, M., Private, Moline, Kas. 



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COMPANY I, 

Marion Brooks, Captain, Prairie Hill, Iowa. 
Charles Slawson, First Lieutenant, Girard, Kas. 
Byron Si^emmons, Second Lieutenant, Clarksville, ]\Io. 
W. J. Carter, First Sergeant, Burehard, Neb, 
William G. Davis, Sergeant, Keokuk, Iowa. 
Wallace Martin, Sergeant, Marengo, Iowa. 
JosiAH SiiEPPARD, Corporal, Prairie Star, Neb. 
William Spencer, Corporal, Dogwood, Mo. 
Gottfried Waltz, Corporal, Booneville, Iowa. 

Brewer, Warren S., Private, Jewell City, Kas. 

Brewer, N. W., Private, Emporia, Kas. 

Ball, Thomas, Private, Fox, Mo. 

Courshaine, Fred., Private, Eiilo, Neb. 

Fuller, Lucius, Private, Girard, Kas. 

Gaines, Thompson, Private, Glen Elder, Kas. 

Hildebrand, D. N., Private, Bethany, Mo. 

Hibbard, J. E., Private, Utica, Neb. 

Joslin, Edmond, Private, Geneva, Kas. 

Kuvkeudall, A., Private, Fontanelle, Iowa. 

Muinix, Lafe, Private, White City, Kas. 

Metcalf, Abraham, Private, Lone Star, Kas. 

Newton, C. A., Private, Ravenna, Ohio. 

Noah, John L., Private, Joslyn, 111. 

Robinson, J. Y., Private, Quenemo, Kas. 

Sutton, James, Private, Highland Station, Kas. ' 

Slawson, Jesse, Private, Rulo, Neb. 

Welding, Arthur, Private, Springhill, 111. 



COMPANY K. 
James E. Love, Captain, St. Louis, Mo. 
I. N, Rose, Sergeant, lola, Kas. 
Pat. O'Neal, Corporal, Lock Haven, Penn. 
Pat. Callahan, Musician, St. Louis, Mo. 

Dring, John, Private, Jerseyville, 111. 

MeCauley, Malcolm, Private, South Hampton, Out. 

Purdy, David, Private, St. Louis, Mo. 

Taylor, John, Private, Lansing, Mich. 

Whitehill, Wash., Private, St. Louis, Mo. 



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